01/08/2023
My upcoming EP, Awake Sleeper, drops this Friday, August 4th. Listen on any music streaming service.
After hearing a sermon Ephesians 5:14 earlier this year, the passage has been stuck in my brain. The verse is pulling from several places in the old testament to present this beautiful picture of death, life, and rebirth as essential, inextricable aspects of following Christ. In a season where I have been grappling with old & unwieldy guilt and shame, the truths and metaphors in these verses have brought me a lot of comfort.
Arise//Shine (the first track of the EP) and Awake Sleeper (the final track of the EP) both use Ephesians 5:14 and some of the verses it’s referencing (Isaiah 26, Isaiah 60, and Malachi 4) very directly in the lyrics. Furthermore, the whole album has been shaped, to some extent, by these verses. Listen this Friday to hear for yourself 🙂